A4105 • 2026

Prohibits State agency from entering into certain State contracts that limit ability of State agency to install or run certain software.

Technology

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Murphy, Carol A.
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits State agency from entering into certain State contracts that limit ability of State agency to install or run certain software.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits State agency from entering into certain State contracts that limit ability of State agency to install or run certain software.
Topic: Science, Innovation and Technology Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits State agency from entering into certain State contracts that limit ability of State agency to install or run certain software.
Topic:
Science, Innovation and Technology
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4105

ASSEMBLY, No. 4105

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits State agency from entering into certain
State contracts that limit ability of State agency to install or run certain
software.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the terms of State contracts and
supplementing P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-6 et seq.).

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a. �As used in this
section:

���� �State agency� means any of
the principal departments in the Executive Branch of State Government, and any
division, board, bureau, office, commission, or other instrumentality within or
created by such principal department, and any independent State authority,
commission, instrumentality, or agency subject to the public contracting
provisions of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-6 et seq.).

���� �State contract� means any
contract or agreement entered into by a State agency the cost of or price of
which is to be paid, in whole or in part, with or out of State funds.

���� b. �The terms of a State
contract entered into by a State agency for the licensing of software
applications designed to run on generally available desktop or server hardware
shall not limit the ability of the State agency to install or run the software
on the hardware of the State agency�s choosing.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that if a
State agency enters into a State contract for the licensing of software
applications designed to run on generally available desktop or server hardware,
the software cannot limit the ability of the State agency to install or run the
software on the hardware of the State agency�s choosing.